Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. The world is not yet exhausted; let…

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

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I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a...

Hope is itself a species of happiness and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Hope is itself a species of happiness and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of...

To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is...

To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is...

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Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

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The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its...

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To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to...

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Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you...

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you...

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense....

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense....

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

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REVELATION, n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he...

Now see, a lot of critics are saying Arnold can't get elected because he's just...

Now see, a lot of critics are saying Arnold can't get elected because he's just...

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power...

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power...